Refrigerator.



No.746,739. I PATENTED DEc.1s,1 90s.

M. R, PEROTTI. REFRIGERATOR.

APPLICATION FI LED JULY 16, 1902 N0 MGDEL. 2 SHEETS-SHEET-L- Wl TNESSES:INVENTOR:

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APPLIGATION FILED JULY 16, 1902.

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Be it known that I, MARIE R. PEROTTI,a citizen of i the United State-residing at Newark, in thecounty of Essex and State of New J ersey,have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Refrigerators; and Ido hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription .of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being hadto the accompanying drawings and to numerals of reference markedthereon, which form a part of; this specification.

The objects of this invention are to provide a household-refrigeratorinto which the ice can be easily inserted or supplied, to secure aconstruction which will accommodate bottles of wine, beer, or otherbeverages desired to be kept cool, to enable said bottles to be reachedfrom either the top or front of the refrigerator, and to obtain otheradvantages and results, some of which may be referred to hereinafter inconnection with the description of the working parts.

The invention consists in the improved refrigerator and in thearrangements and combinations of parts of the same, all substan-' tiallyas will be hereinafter set forth, and finally embraced in the claim.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, in which like numerals ofreference indicate corresponding parts in each of the several figures,Figure 1 shows my improved refrigerator in front elevation; and Fig. 2is an end elevation of the same, partly in central vertieal section ason lines, Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a view similar to that shown in Fig. 2 withthe top cover raised and the front ice-door opened or let down; and Fig.4 is a front elevation, partly in central vertical section on a linefrom side to side.

In said drawings, 2 indicates the body of my refrigerator, and 3 theusual lower front door providing access to the food-compartment 4:.Above said food-compartment is a horizontal floor 5, with an opening 6at the center thereof and having raised edges 7, upon which rests acorrugated plate 8, adapted to support a cake of ice when put in therefrigerator. As said ice melts the water flows off the plate 8 andescapes through a drain-tube 9, as common in refrigerators, and

at-the. same timea part 5r the 'cold air from the ice-chamber passesbeneath the plate 8 At the sides of--the ice-rack 8 are uprightpartitions 10, extending from front to back of the refrigerator-andbeing perforated to permit, the circulation of cold air. Beyond eachpartition 10, toward the end of the refrigerator, is animperforatedpartition 11, extending from theflo'or 5 upward and forming betweenitself and theperforated partition 10a-space forzbottles of wine or thelike, where such wine: can: be kept cold. Each partition 11 stands 1 alittle away from the end wall of the refrigerator, so that cold air canpass over the top of said partition and down between the said end walland partition. Furthermore, the floor 5 is cut away between the endwalls of the refrigerator and said partitions 11 to provide a space 12,through which the cold air may pass to the food-chamber beneath.

At the front of the refrigerator each bottlecompartment described isaccessible by a small door 13, hinged at one vertical edge and havingfastening means at the other of any common form. Between said smalldoors 13 is a large door 14,-.which opens into the ice-chamber andthrough which a piece of ice can he slid into place without lifting itto the full height of the refrigerator. Said door extends from near thelevel of the floor 511pward out through the top edge of the wall of therefrigerator and is hinged at its bottom edge to tip downwardly forward,as shown in Fig. 3 more particularly. A stay 15 is position when letdown, so that it mayserve as a table or shelf on which to place the icepreliminary to pushing into place in the icechamber.

The top of the refrigerator is closed by a hinged cover 16, as iscommon, and by tipping this up access may be had to all the compartmentsdescribed. Preferably said hinged cover or lid has a. central removablepiece of itself forming a second cover 17, which can be independentlyremoved if it is not convenient to tip up the main cover 16. The saidmain cover 16 sits at its edges when closed into a recess 18, formed atthe outer portion of the upper edges of the refrigerover the flange 7 tothe food-chamber below.

provided to hold the said door in horizontal ator-walls, whereby thefront door 14 to the ice-chamber is held closed until said cover israised. To permit such raising of the top cover without opening it toits full height, and thus exposing the whole top portion'of therefrigerator to the warmth of the room, I provide upon the oppositeouter end walls of the refrigerator-body pivotal buttons 19 of an oblongshape, adapted when turned parallel to the plane of the closed cover topermit said cover to shut tight, but when turned at rightangles to saidplane to engage at their upper ends the edges of the cover and hold itup far enough to free the top edge of the front ice-door 14. The ice canthen be inserted with ease and readiness and with a minimum opening ofthe refrigerator.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim as new is Theherein-described refrigerator having a body part providing a rectangularchamber, an interior horizontal partition dividing said chamber intoupper and lower portions and having entire ends and an apertured center,said partition terminating at its extremities short of the end walls ofthe chamber and providing communication between the upper and lowerportions thereof, imperforate vertical partitions extending upward fromthe extremities of' said horizontal partition and reaching from thefront wall of the chamber to its back wall, perforated partitionsextending upward from said horizonal partition on opposite sides of itsapertured center parallel to the said imperforate partitions, saidperforate partitions forming between themselves an ice-compartment, withan apertured bottom, and between themselves and the end partitionscompartments for bottles having closed bottoms, a door in the front wallof the body part opening laterally into the lower portionof the chamber,a similar door opening into the front of the icecom: partment,independent doors in said wall opening into-said bottle-compartments attheir front ends, and a hinged top or lid on said body aifording accessto both the icecompartment and the bottle-compartment from above.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand this3d day of July, 1902.

MARIE R. PEROTTI.

Witnesses:

CHARLES H. PELL, O. B. PITNEY.

